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Double threat: Deadly lung disease also linked to heart attacks (EurekAlert!)

( American Thoracic Society ) Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are three times as likely to experience severe coronary events -- including heart attacks -- than people without the disease, according to a recent study that analyzed the risk of cardiovascular disease in nearly 1,000 patients with IPF and more than 3,500 matched controls.

Heart Disease, Stroke Cost Australia A$6 Billion in 2004-2005 (Bloomberg)

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases cost Australia almost A$5.9 billion ($3.9 billion) in the year ended June 2005, making them the nation's most expensive group of diseases, a government report showed.

Special Report: NEPA lifestyle increases risk for developing heart disease (The Scranton Times-Tribune)

A complete look at heart disease treatment and prevention and the impact it has on residents of Northeast Pennsylvania.

Cancer, heart disease leading causes of deaths for Canadians: report (CBC)

Cancer and heart disease were the two leading causes of deaths for Canadians, responsible for 52.4 per cent of all deaths in 2004, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. The cause of death rankings were reversed in the U.S. for the same year.

Cancer, heart disease remain top killers: StatsCan (Canada.com)

Cancer and heart disease accounted for more than half of the deaths in Canada in 2004, but ranked significantly lower for young adults and the elderly, according to a new Statistics Canada report.